Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-11-15
QUEER COUNTRY THIS.
Carl punder Jumps on t',e Wrong MAJ
and Becomes Sick All over.

and Becomes Sick All over.
Sergeant, vhas some warrant oudt
to arrest msp" softly inquired Cnl
Dunder, as be tip-toed in,o the WooI-
bridge street station house.
| mot that know of-whye" replied
Sergeant Bendal.
"Vhell, two or three days ago a
strange man comes In my place. Was
/ Carl Dunders vhas. All right.
Mr.. Dunder vhas of the Board of
Health. und / like to look in your eel
lar for dead rats und cholera. Dot
seems all right to me, und SO light
der candle und he goes doun. He vhas
gone n long time, und vhen he comes
oop he says dot cellar vhas all right.
lie vhas in New York. Chicago. Toledo
und odder places. und he neafer soc
sooch a clean place"
'sSome swindler. of course"
"Vhell. In der afternoons anodder
mans WALKS in on me. Vhas | Carl
Dunders / vhas. All right. Mr..
Dunder, vhas dot sewer in your cellar
all right Ii he Wasn't. dot sewer
gas fills der whole place und you yhss
taken to der bone-yard. Dot seems all
right. and let him 60 down. He vhas
gone good while. und when he comes
oop he says he vhas in Buffalo. Cincin-
natl, Syracuse und Baltimore. und he
neafer see sooch sewer pefore.
He was anotha. swindler."
''Vhell. dis morning the third man
comes in. Was I Carl Dunder! I
vhas. All right. Mr.. Duuder. | vhas
der Fire Commission. Maybe your
cellar vhas all right IL you vhas cut off
by fire. und maybe she needs some fire.
escapes. Please light dot candle upd
shall sec. He vhas gone twenty min
utes. und when he comes oop he wipes
off his shin init his elbow. Dot put
some ideas in my headt, but he says he
vhas in Kansas City, Omaha. MiIwau-
kee and St. Panl and he ncafer saw
cellar fixed oop like mine In case Of
fire he could shump out like a rabbit"
"What a grcenhorn you are!''
"vhcll. maybe | vhas. ! 60 down
cellar pooty quick to look aroundt. und
find dot dose fcllers drink three bot
ties Of my wine und shtcal some more,
Dot vhas a game on me. sergeant
"Of course 1t was"
"vhell. made oop my mind dot der
next Teller pays for all. Shust after
dinner he comes in. He vhas sweet
und shmiling. Was I Carl Dunders
vhas. All right Mr.. Dunder like
to go down cellar to sec your ~
"What?"
'Shust aboudt dot time shump for
him. und in two minutes he vhas
pnlveliaed I make a mop Of him,
und I smash two tables nit his heels
He crawls out doors after awhile, und
when he vhas gone half an hour my
telephone rings. Hello! vhas dis Carl
Dunder3 He vhas. Vhcll. Mr.. Dundcr.
| you hat almost killed der mans we sent
to read your gas meter und she Will
cost you fife hoonered dollar to settle. ~
'Nel And you pounded the wrong
manp"
"Vhell. how can l help itP One day
n false expressmnn brings me shtone
In n package und collects eighty cents.
Der next day anodder man brings me Il
| package. ind after lick him find she
vhas bundle from der shtore. One
man comes In und collects money to
build u shurch. He vhas a shwindler,
und look oudt. gif der noxt man
some awful kicks. md he proofs dot he
vhas a preacher. You see, 1t vhas all
because nopody vhas like himself two
times. Sergeant"
'Well."
Il vhas going home und so to bedt.
l vhas seek all oafer. II ten hoonered
men come TO shwindle me 1t vhss all
right und doan say word. II you
ring oop my telephone tonight und
vhas hanged by der neck in de wood
shed you can say dot died because o.
seech a queer country. "--DetroI Ere,
Press.
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